Have you got the paid edition of version 7? If so, you can download the
new update through NoteTab's "Check for Updates" feature, which is
available from the Help menu.

Here's a list of the main changes since version 7.0:

* You no longer need to use the /usb switch when running NoteTab from a
USB flash drive (memory stick) under Windows XP or more recent.

* Improved handling of Favorites feature when NoteTab is run from a USB
flash drive.

* Updated the regular expressions engine to the latest version.

* Improved “Calculate Expression” feature. Works without first selecting
expression when line contains other text. Simply place cursor at the end
of the expression and press Ctrl+E to calculate the result. You can also
do chained expressions 1+2=3 +3=6 +4=10. If the expression doesn’t end
with an “=” sign, then NoteTab replaces the expression with its result.

* The “Calculate Expression” feature and ^$Calc Clip function now assume
the decimal and digit grouping symbols used in an expression correspond
to the Windows region settings.

* Fixed ^!Find and ^!Replace Clip commands so that they no longer change
the settings of the standard search dialog boxes.

* Fixed incorrect results returned by ^$StrPos, ^$StrPosRight and
^$StrPosMid.

* Fixed incorrect results returned by ^$ExpandEnv when used with NoteTab
tokens.

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* Added optional parameter to ^$Calc function to specify decimal and
digit grouping symbols to override the default Windows settings. The
first character is for the decimal symbol and the second for the digit
grouping:
^$Calc(Expression[;Decimals;".,"])$
If only the decimal symbol is specified, then no digit grouping symbol
will be used in the result. Use letter "E" instead of a digit grouping
symbol to always use a scientific notation in results.

--- In notetab@yahoogroups.com, Eric Fookes <egroups@...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm pleased to announce the final release of NoteTab 7.01. It sounds
> like a tiny update, but there are actually many significant
> improvements. I recommend you update your 7.0 copy to this release.

> * Improved "Calculate Expression" feature. Works without first selecting expression when line contains other text.

:)

Wayne

I notice it seems to ignore spaces some of the time but not all the time. That leads to results some people may find unexpected. For example: line 1.

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, Aug 14, 2012

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I notice it seems to ignore spaces some of the time but not all the time. That leads to results some people may find unexpected.

For example:

line 1. 2*3=6
line 1.2*3=3.6

line #1 2*3=36
- 1 2*3=-36

1,2,34*2=2,468
1, 2, 34*2=68

3e2+0=300
3 e2+0=300
3e 2+0=2

Eric, I am not sure if you'd want to tweak the logic further to clean up some of these cases, or just leave it how it is. There might not be any ideal way to implement it; and the weird results are easy to avoid if the user takes a tiny bit of care to avoid creating such cases. Anyway, I am very happy that it works much better than prior versions! Much quicker and more convenient to use now! Thanks again, Eric!

Hi Wayne, ... It s true the auto-select feature isn t perfect and can be fooled with unusual patterns. But in the vast majority of situations it will correctly

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, Aug 15, 2012

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Hi Wayne,

> I notice it seems to ignore spaces some of the time but not all the
> time. That leads to results some people may find unexpected.
>
> For example:
>
> line 1. 2*3=6
> line 1.2*3=3.6
>
> line #1 2*3=36
> - 1 2*3=-36
>
> 1,2,34*2=2,468
> 1, 2, 34*2=68
>
> 3e2+0=300
> 3 e2+0=300
> 3e 2+0=2

It's true the auto-select feature isn't perfect and can be fooled with
unusual patterns. But in the vast majority of situations it will
correctly separate the expression from surrounding text. When a
situation is ambiguous, you can always manually select it prior to using
the command (just like you had to do in earlier versions of NoteTab).

> Eric, I am not sure if you'd want to tweak the logic further to clean
> up some of these cases, or just leave it how it is. There might not
> be any ideal way to implement it; and the weird results are easy to
> avoid if the user takes a tiny bit of care to avoid creating such
> cases.

Yes, further tweaking is always possible. And I will do it when valid
and reasonable text and expression mixes fail to work. But there will
always be ways to trick the system with unusual formatting.

> Anyway, I am very happy that it works much better than prior
> versions! Much quicker and more convenient to use now! Thanks
> again, Eric!